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pp. 175, “‘Murder in the Yukon’ is the story of the painstaking quest for evidence about the disapearance of three men on Christmas Day, 1899. The search covered 300 miles of river trail from Dawson to Skagway and called upon the forensic and investigative work of two great crime fighters, Constable Pennycuick of the NWMP and American detective Phillip Ralph Maguire. Equally compelling is the account of what was the most sensational trial in Dawson’s history, one that attracted world-wide attention. The role of the NWMP was paramount in the Klondike, and no expense was spared to respond emphatically to this challenge to its authority and to bring O’Brien to justice. George O’Brien stood trial in the courthouse at Dawson. So did the reputation of the Force, described by the judge as ‘the pride of Canada and the envy of the world.'”